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2013 April

    Gail Doane 4-Piece Set workshop

    Posted by on Apr 27 2013

    I ran away from home last week. But before you panic, don’t worry.  I didn’t tie all my belongings up in a handerchief and set off on a raft; I went to Pennsylvania to attend the SAGA Needleart Retreat in State College. If I’d been thinking about the blog, I would have taken pictures but […]

    Raise the Roof: a new pieced quilt project

    Posted by on Apr 22 2013

    You’d think after finishing Spring Bouquet, I’d be all quilted out, but apparently not.  I hadn’t even finished appliqueing all those flowers down and I was already planning my next quilt, which I intended to be a pieced quilt. I borrowed Carrie Nelson’s “Another Bite of Schnibbles: 24 Quilts from 5 and 10″ Squares” from […]

    Spring Bouquet Quilt Top Complete

    Posted by on Apr 07 2013

    It’s done. After seven months, almost to the day, I’ve finished “Spring Bouquet”. You can see my progress over that time in my updates:  #1, #2 and #3 It seems appropriate somehow that I reached the milestone in spring. It’s still chilly and not much has started sprouting in our neck of the woods but […]